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film

(Encyclopedia)film: see motion pictures.

IMAX

(Encyclopedia) IMAX : see MOTION PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHY . ...

cinematography

(Encyclopedia)cinematography: see motion picture photography. ...

car sickness

(Encyclopedia)car sickness: see motion sickness. ...

special effects

(Encyclopedia)special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. Some common examples are the use ...

Sitter, Willem de

(Encyclopedia)Sitter, Willem de vĭlˈəm də sĭtˈər [key], 1872–1934, Dutch astronomer and mathematician. He was professor from 1908 at the Univ. of Leiden and in 1919 became director of its observatory. His ...

Coosa

(Encyclopedia)Coosa ko͞oˈsə [key], river, 286 mi (460 km) long, rising in NW Ga. and flowing SW through E Ala., joining the Tallapoosa near Montgomery, Ala., to form the Alabama River. Locks and dams make the ri...

Ekibastuz

(Encyclopedia)Ekibastuz ĕkēbästo͝osˈ [key], city, N Kazakhstan. It is the industrial center of a bituminous ...

Ticino , river, Switzerland and Italy

(Encyclopedia)Ticino, Lat. Ticinus, river, 154 mi (248 km) long, rising in Ticino canton, S Switzerland, and flowing generally S through Lago Maggiore into N Italy, joining the Po River below Pavia. In Switzerland,...
 

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